remembering legendary actor james caan this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone a guilty plea today in a russian court from brittney griner, the american basketball star the biden administration says has been unlawfully held griner admitting to carrying vape cartridges containing cannabis oil into russia her lawyer saying she did so accidentally, hoping griner s contrition will lead to a lenient sentence. as it stands, a conviction carries a possible maximum sentence of ten years in prison. today s development also being seen in this country as potentially the first step in a delicate diplomatic dance to win her release in a prisoner swap. the wnba standout the wnba standout also receiving a letter today from president biden in response to her plea not to be forgotten. andrea mitchell has details. reporter: on just the second day of her trial, wnba superstar brittney griner, handcuffed and carrying a photo of her wife, cherelle, pleading guilt
in philadelphia, saginaw, michigan. in philadelphia, multiple shooters open fire into a crowd at a popular entertainment district. there were mass shootings. we should note, so you understand, cnn defines a mass shooting as a shooting that injured or killed four or more people, not including the shooter. but we saw these in several cities across the u.s. in chattanooga, tennessee, it was a nightclub. in phoenix, a strip mall. in mesa, arizona, a bar. in south carolina, virginia and texas, there were graduation parties. the list continues as pressure is building on congress to take some action on gun control where they have not acted before. this week the house oversight committee will hear testimony from survivors, including children and others impacted in recent shootings in buffalo and uvalde. we ll have more on that, exactly who you ll see in a moment. first, let s speak to cnn s polo sandoval. he is following it all. it s hard to track. let s start with the search for sho
a bbc investigation has uncovered shocking claims that the greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the mediterranean over a three year period, including nine people who were deliberately thrown into the water. more than a0 people are alleged to have died as a result of being forced out of greek territorial waters or taken back out to sea after reaching greek islands. paul adams reports. for more than ten years, migrants looking for a better life have used a number of routes to reach europe. some travel from north africa to italy. others cross from turkey to the nearby greek islands. for many, greece is seen as the best way into europe. last year, just over 41,000 people arrived using that route. human rights groups say thousands of people seeking asylum have been forced back illegally from greece to turkey, denied the right to seek asylum, something enshrined in international and eu law. the documentary looks into the role of the greek coastguard in tr
at, as they ramp up supply, as the johnson&johnson vaccine comes online, we are trying to achieve that herd immunity for the country that will get us back to normal. so they have to reach people that have been reluctant of going in the direction of getting a shot in the arm. that includes some republicans. president trump was skeptical of some of the science during 2020 and so some republicans are distrustful of what the biden administration is pushing on vaccine. they want to try to overcome that. there has been concern about some in non-white communities that have, are mindful of the history of abusive medical research involving non-whites in the united states. so they re trying to make sure that those people feel comfortable as well. so it s really across the board trying to ramp this up. they are tailoring different messages for those different constituencies. john, you have a sense, if there is one particular area, though, in terms of that hesitancy they are most conce
it would either take a coordinated lockdown to stem the spread or a mass vaccination as soon as possible because our leadership at the time was incapable of doing so. one year later, we mourn more than 530,000 americans who have lost their lives to this plague. but we can also take some heart from millions of american who s have been vaccinated. and president joe biden s promise to have a shot ready for every american in about seven weeks as the vaccine appears to have convinced much of our reeling nation that we re clearing all-clear. and the president s historic relief package offers a lifeline to americans of all walks of life. tonight we ll be talking about what it will do for millions of our neighbors facing hunger and for overlooked black farmers slated to receive more aid from the federal government than they ever have. all of this, of course, without any help from republican lawmakers and all of that tonight on politics nation. but first joining me now is white hous